CLO market turns international as new investors land
The global CLO market attracted new investors over the first quarter of 2023, according to market sources, while others have moved across the capital stack or into different regions than those to which they have been accustomed

Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January

Credit hedge fund returns (April 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (April 2023)
A round up of people moves and fundraising

CLOs at a glance
A round-up of recently priced CLOs

CVC hops into Easter with new European CLO
CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XXVII is the first primary new issuance European CLO since 13 March

Senior global CLO trader leaves JP Morgan after 20 years
A senior global CLO trader has parted ways with the bank after two decades

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies returns but JP Morgan retains slender lead (update)
After a busy February where €3.75 billion of European CLOs were priced, volumes came back to the mean in March with five managers braving the volatility

Sound Point to take on Assured's asset management business in new partnership
Assured Guaranty and Sound Point Capital Management have struck up a partnership, according to an announcement, which will make Sound Point the fifth largest CLO manager globally.

European CLOs utilise first payment reserve for first time, conference hears
European CLOs have, for the first time ever, started to utilise their first payment reserves, according to panellists at IMN European CLO and leverage loan conference today, in part due to underlying loan obligors shifting from three to six-month Euribo

Dechert adds CLO specialist to London team
Dechert says it has appointed a CLO specialist to partner in its London office.

AlbaCore and Anchorage market European CLOs
AlbaCore Capital and Anchorage Group are the latest managers to brave the new issue European CLO market amid market volatility

CVC aims to break European CLO market silence amid difficult loan market
CVC Credit is aiming to break European CLO market silence arising from market volatility amid SVB’s collapse and the Credit Suisse turmoil, which has led to no new European CLOs pricing since 13 March

DLA Piper hires CLO lawyer from Paul Hastings as partner
DLA Piper has hired Konstantinos Vavelidis as partner on its CLO legal team in London

Credit Suisse CLO trader/strategist joins Barclays
Barclays has added to its ABS research desk

Deutsche Bank European CLO head leaves as bank lines up high profile replacement
Deutsche Bank has reshuffled its European CLO desk, with several sources indicating its head of European CLO new issue has parted ways with the bank. Simultaneously, the bank have made a senior hire 

Euro CLO exposure to financial sector 'limited', say Fitch
European CLO exposure to the financial sector is 'limited' and CLO ratings will not be impacted by UBS's acquisition of Credit Suisse, according to new data from Fitch Ratings

Loan trading within European CLOs drops to 0.6%: BofA
European CLO manager trading activity declined sharply this year amid less leveraged loan primary supply and declining secondary liquidity, according to Bank of America research

Credit Suisse/UBS deal to create $5 trillion asset manager
The emphasis is set be on wealth and asset management, according to a statement released by UBS in conjunction with its move to acquire Credit Suisse

First Sentier buys majority stake in credit firm AlbaCore
First Sentier Investors has bought a majority stake in European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group, the firms announced today, after identifying alternative credit as a ‘strategically important space’

Board aims to grant Blackstone fund ability to invest directly in primary CLOs
The board of publicly traded fund Blackstone Loan Financing is proposing to amend its investment policy to allow it to directly invest in primary CLO opportunities, following the results of its shareholder consultation announced today.  Changes to NAV valuation methodology alongside various potential exit opportunities was also discussed.

Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director

Carlyle liquidates European CLO warehouse as Credit Suisse exposure drops to zero
Carlyle Group has become the latest European CLO manager to liquidate its warehouse with Credit Suisse, according to sources, leaving the bank with no European CLO warehouse exposure

CLO portfolio manager parts ways with Hayfin
An experienced figure in the European loan and CLO market has left Hayfin Capital Management in London